Hello everyone, what a great site.
It is nice to know that so many other people take their coffee so seriously!
Anyway as the title says my sunbeam 6900 has been working perfectly for 14 months, Then I decided to put some descaling solution through it, a week later everytime that I used it, it tripped the circuit breaker.
I have since discovered that the thermoblock inside is made from aluminium, which apparently decays and then the descaling solution has removed the corrosion and made it leak.
sunbeam dont want to know as it is out of warrenty, and their service repair guy has told me that it cannot be repaired!
$700.00 and 14 months later I am less that impressed with sunbeam.
So my question is (apart from sumbeam) which machine to go for ?
manual or auto?
I like the idea of an auto, but I know that they take over a lot of the control ie. tamper , grind, etc.
Our budget is around $700 again.
We already have a decent burr grinder
I like the idea of the saeco 2 year warrenty. And have come across a Saeco Incanto Cappuccino Automatic Coffee Machine online for around $600.
Or do I stick with Manual?
I am confused but need to make a decision soon as I am really missing my morning fix!
Any help greatly appriciated
Chris
It is nice to know that so many other people take their coffee so seriously!
Anyway as the title says my sunbeam 6900 has been working perfectly for 14 months, Then I decided to put some descaling solution through it, a week later everytime that I used it, it tripped the circuit breaker.
I have since discovered that the thermoblock inside is made from aluminium, which apparently decays and then the descaling solution has removed the corrosion and made it leak.
sunbeam dont want to know as it is out of warrenty, and their service repair guy has told me that it cannot be repaired!
$700.00 and 14 months later I am less that impressed with sunbeam.
So my question is (apart from sumbeam) which machine to go for ?
manual or auto?
I like the idea of an auto, but I know that they take over a lot of the control ie. tamper , grind, etc.
Our budget is around $700 again.
We already have a decent burr grinder
I like the idea of the saeco 2 year warrenty. And have come across a Saeco Incanto Cappuccino Automatic Coffee Machine online for around $600.
Or do I stick with Manual?
I am confused but need to make a decision soon as I am really missing my morning fix!
Any help greatly appriciated
Chris

I really like the Silvia, I liked the 6910 too but in different ways. I certainly dont regret purchasing the Silvia; the dual thermoblocks on the 6910 make it attractive for milk drinkers, but so does the better steaming ability on the Silvia. If its just two lattes at a time then the Silvia does that in a breeze in fact its hardly any slower than the 6910 and (in my opinion) makes texturing milk a lot easier. If you were doing 4 or 6+ then the 6910 has a clear time advantage.
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